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This theater opened in 1907, originally called Spier’s Theatre, it was located on S. Broad Street. The architect was Charles E. Oelschlager. Oelschlager returned in 1912, to enlarge and remodel the auditorium and backstage areas.

Later renamed the Plaza Theatre, by 1941 it was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. The Plaza Theatre closed in 1955 and was later demolished. The Fumo Family Branch of the Philadelphia Public Library is on the site today.

This house was already called the Plaza by 1912, when the September 4 issue of The American Architect said that “…the Plaza Theatre, at Broad and Porter Sts.” had been acquired by William W. Miller, operator of the William Penn Theatre. The item mentioned Charles Oelschlager as architect for the project Miller planned to carry out on the site.